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Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children.
by A. E. van Vogt (Author, Canadian , born in 1912) keywords: book, bought, bound, boy, british, children, christmas, end, following, huge, into, male, parents, presents, single, weekly, which , year I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.
by Diane Wakoski (Poet, American , born in 1937) keywords: american, british, definitely, distinguish, english, language, other, poetry , wish The defeat of the Americans in Canada and the advantages gained by the British arms in the Jerseys, and indeed for some months in every other quarter, gave to the royal cause an air of triumph.
by Mercy Otis Warren (Playwright, American , born in 1970) keywords: advantages, air, americans, arms, british, canada, cause, defeat, every, gained, gave, indeed, months, other, quarter, royal, some , triumph The extraordinary exertions of the colonies, in cooperation with British measures, against the French, in the late war, were acknowledged by the British parliament to be more than adequate to their ability.
by Mercy Otis Warren (Playwright, American , born in 1970) keywords: ability, acknowledged, adequate, against, british, colonies, cooperation, exertions, extraordinary, french, late, measures, more, parliament, than, their, war , were In my opinion the greatest advantage we can at present expect from our Navy; for at this early period We can not expect to have a Navy to cope with the British.
by William Whipple (Politician, American , born in 1730) keywords: advantage, british, cope, early, expect, greatest, navy, opinion, our, period , present We've already recognized that it is absolutely essential for British children to learn other languages and we will be working hard to put further strategies in place to ensure this.
by John Whitehead (born in 1948) keywords: absolutely, already, british, children, ensure, essential, further, hard, languages, learn, other, place, put, recognized, strategies, will , working If the British Fleet were lost or captured, the Atlantic might be dominated by Germany, a power hostile to our way of life, controlling in that event most of the ships and shipbuilding facilities of Europe.
by Wendell Willkie (Lawyer, American , born in 1892) keywords: atlantic, british, captured, controlling, dominated, europe, event, facilities, fleet, germany, hostile, life, lost, might, most, our, power, ships, way , were We cannot, with good conscience, expect the British to set up an orderly schedule for the liberation of India before we have decided for ourselves to make all who live in America free.
by Wendell Willkie (Lawyer, American , born in 1892) keywords: america, before, british, cannot, conscience, decided, expect, free, good, india, liberation, live, make, orderly, ourselves, schedule, set , up When I was younger, I was in love with everything about the British Isles, from British folklore to Celtic music. That was always where my passions were as a young girl, and so I studied folklore as a college student in England and Ireland.
by Terri Windling (Artist) keywords: always, british, celtic, college, england, everything, folklore, girl, ireland, isles, love, music, passions, student, studied, were, where, young , younger I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting small roles in American films.
by Kate Winslet (Actor , born in 1975) keywords: american, british, films, getting, hopes, la, move, rather, roles, small, than , theater If you do a story about a British journalist rescuing a child from Sarajevo, then Sarajevo just becomes an exotic location, and the story's about this British journalist.
by Michael Winterbottom (Director, British , born in 1961) keywords: becomes, british, child, exotic, journalist, just, location, rescuing, story , then It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion.
by Steve Winwood (Musician, English , born in 1948) keywords: admire, american, appetite, british, could, discipline, freedom, makes, need , passion A few regular troops from old France, weakened by hunger and sickness, who, when fresh, were unable to withstand the British soldiers, are their general's chief dependence.
by James Wolfe (Soldier, British , born in 1727) keywords: british, chief, dependence, few, france, fresh, general, hunger, old, regular, sickness, soldiers, their, troops, unable, weakened, were , withstand Possessed with a full confidence of the certain success which British valor must gain over such enemies, I have led you up these steep and dangerous rocks, only solicitous to show you the foe within your reach.
by James Wolfe (Soldier, British , born in 1727) keywords: british, certain, confidence, dangerous, enemies, foe, full, gain, led, must, only, over, possessed, reach, rocks, show, solicitous, steep, success, such, these, up, valor, which, within , your I had been in a film, playing a young British aristocrat. My wife told me that she was invited to a dinner and she invited me to dinner and the hostess had seen me and said, 'You cannot bring him.' but I think that I've done enough to shatter the image.
by Michael York (Actor, British , born in 1942) keywords: aristocrat, been, bring, british, cannot, dinner, done, enough, film, had, him, hostess, image, invited, playing, said, seen, shatter, she, think, told, wife , young As a kid in British Columbia, going back a long way, I learned to skate.
by Steve Yzerman (Athlete, Canadian , born in 1965) keywords: back, british, columbia, going, kid, learned, long, skate , way For an event that was wholly created in the poisonous psychological warfare kitchens of the Second World War, run by the ministries of propaganda in many countries, not just by the British or the Americans, but also the Russians and undoubtedly the world Jewish organizations.
by Ernst Zundel (Activist, German , born in 1939) keywords: also, americans, british, countries, created, event, jewish, just, kitchens, many, ministries, organizations, poisonous, propaganda, psychological, run, russians, second, undoubtedly, war, warfare, wholly , world
